Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Sea foam rooms to wear your swimsuits in...

I'm obviously having a powerful craving for the ocean and all things sea side. Maybe I should bring the sea to me with some gorgeous sea foam interiors. This color has always been in my top five but it going through a spurt of popularity which makes me both happy and sad. Happy because it's everywhere and sad because I don't want some magazine to say "last year sea foam was in, but this year sea foam is so passe."

I've picked a variety of decorating styles to show the versatility of this beautiful color and why it should stick around.Bohemian chic:Sea foam is accented so nicely by orange, saffron, and coral.via Dwellings and Decor {posted by City Sage}Classic romantic:The intensely rich curtains add glamour to this space.via hereRetro colorful:This is one of my favorite spaces and I've been waiting for my time to use it. This sea foam is brighter and looks lovely against the patterned yellow. Did I already mention that I LOVE this space?source: Domino via hereClassic and clean:The sea foam color in this bedroom adds a soothing background. How awesome is that art wall (and the dwell studio sheets)?via herePreppy traditional:Here seafoam is accented by navy and brown in a "Hamptons" style room. The piece above this sofa is my favorite part.via hereVintage-y:I'd love to see more of this space as I'm getting a retro vibe from the few accents seen. The red and white towel is a nice styling plus.via Marie Claire MaisonMod:Purple and sea foam are an unlikely match, but that's what fun about clashing colors. Sometimes it just works.via Desire to InspireModern rustic:Here, the look is subtle and is accented by a large rustic looking bench. The natural light pouring in makes the space exceptional.via Light LocationsFor those of you interior designers, yes I made up the "style" names (my favorite being vintage-y, thank y0u very much).So, do you have a favorite room are you waiting for sea foam to be "soooo passe"?{Winner of the sketchbook and gift tags giveaway will be chosen tonight. There's still time to enter!}

Nice set! Our living room is close to the color in the second to last pic, and I painted the inside of our arch metallic gold as well. Random. This will be the excuse for the better half to let me get purple pillows!

I love how full that bookshelf is int he second pictures, makes me very happy. I do want to know why it matters if something is passe or not. If you love something, shouldn't you go with your heart instead of what the world is telling you is in or out? Maybe I'm just weird...

I'm with you on the Retro colorful... my very favorite of all. Classic and clean is similar to how we painted my sisters house a few weekends ago. She painted the living room and two bedrooms that color.

I never have thought much of seafoam, but lately it's really growing on me. I tend to like the softer hues rather than the brighter ones. Once you get towards teal, I kinda start to gag. But yeah, soft seafoam is really quite lovely!

SEA FOAM! such an awesome color! I love that it comes in trillions of shades..its completely versatile. My favorite would probably be the bright sea foam, its not so common to see it, but its remarkable. Amazing post, as always. You were born for this stuff, you are a style natural!

Wow, these are such perfect examples. I've seen some pretty bad sea foam attempts (usually they end up reminding me of those old-fashioned kitchy ice cream parlors), but these are just gorgeous. My favorites are the bohemian and retro ones. Sea foam is such a beautiful color but I guess the trick is to either keep it toned down if you're using a lot of it, or reduce it to an accent color if it's stronger.

Oh, such eye candy, these seafoam rooms! I've been dying to paint my kitchen this seafoam blue/gray color I've picked out and know my craving to paint is so strong I just can't stand it! No time for now, but in about a month it's just going to have to happen.